Though not all of these sports staged a major, GSN-tracked tournament in 2018, the sport group as a whole was worth 19.1% of all GSN points awarded in the year, with Football taking the lion’s share through the FIFA men’s World Cup in Russia.

Winning the latter gave France a big boost towards taking the sport group title, though Les Bleus scored vital points in other sports too, winning the women’s 6 Nations Rugby Union tournament and finishing second in the men’s Volleyball World Championships.

The sport group runner-up, the USA, didn’t feature in the Football World Cup, but won no less than four other sports, as can be seen from the list below, while Belgium took a remarkable third place, after finishing third in the men’s Football World Cup, fourth in the women’s Basketball World Championships and winning the men’s Hockey World Cup.